Pen-filling device



Oct- 6, 1925-' J. GILLIES PEN FILLING DEVICE Filed May 12, 1924 llfllllluivlili r A.

INVENTOR ATTORN EY Patented Get. 6, 1925.

UNETED stares PATENT orrlca JAMES ensues, or roar scorn, KANSAS! PEN-FILLING DEVICE.

Application filed May 12,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES Grriiirns, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fort Scott, in the county of Bourbon and State of Kansas, have invented new and useful Im provements in Pen-Filling Devices, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an ink holding device the general object of the invention being to provide a closed container and an open receptacle with means for forcing a quantity of ink from the container into the receptacle when desired and then to return the liquid from the receptacle back into the container after the desired amountof ink has been removed from the receptacle.

Another object of the invention is to so form the receptacle that it can be used for filling a fountain pen and provided with 'graduations so that the quantity of ink removed therefrom can be ascertained.

This invention also consists in certain other features of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, to be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and specifically pointed out in the appended claim.

In describing my invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings wherein like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which Figure 1 is a sectional view through the invention showing the parts in inoperative position.

Figure 2 is a similar view but showing the parts in a position to force ink into the receptacle.

Figure 3 is a plan view.

In these views 1 indicates a bottle or container for the ink which is closedv by astopper 2. A pipe 3 passes through the stopper and has its lower end in communication with the space of the bottle above the liquid therein. This pipe carries a frame 4 in which is arranged a bulb 5, the mouth of which is placed over the upper end of the pipe so that when the same is compressed air will be forced through the pipe into the bottle. A hand lever 6 is pivoted to the bottom of the frame and has its bent portion 7 arranged to compress the bulb when the lever is forced to the left and said lever operates in a slot 8 formed in the top part of the frame, one wall of which is provided with notches 9 1924, Serial No. 712,806.

into which the lever is adapted to be. placed to hold the same in aposition with the bulb compressed. A. spring 10 in the frame tends to hold the bulb against movement while it is being compressed. A bent pipe 11 is connected with the pipe 3 and has a portion passing through the same with its lower end extending into the liquid in the bottle and to which is attached a flexible tube 12 which rests upon the bottom of the bottle. The outer end of the pipe 11 is connected with the bottom of a receptacle 13 which is supported in the stand 14 which is provided with an adjustable bottom 15, the adjustment being secured by a screw 16 engaging a threaded hole formed in the cross piece 17 of the stand.

From the foregoing it will be seen that when it is desired to place some of the liq-- uid in the receptacle 13 it is simply necessary to move the hand lever 6 to the left to collapse the bulb and thus force air through the pipe 3 into the bottle. The resultant pressure in the bottle will force some of the liquid through the tube 19, and pipe 11 into the receptacle 13 so that the liquid is available. By placing the hand lever in one of the notches 9 the parts will be held in position to retain the liquid in the receptacle and as soon as sufficient liquid has been taken from the receptacle the hand lever is returned to its normal position so that air is drawn from the bottle and the resultant vacuum will draw the liquid back into the bottle from the receptacle 13.

The device is mainly designed for use in filling fountain pens and it will be seen that the receptacle 13 is so formed that the point of the pen will not rest upon anything when it has been inserted into the ink in the receptacle 13 so that there is no danger of injuring the point. Of course the device can be used as an ordinary ink well by dipping the pen into the receptacle 13 after the same has been filled with ink.

It is thought from the foregoing descrip tion that the advantages and novel features of my invention will be readily apparent.

I desire it to be understood that I may make changes in the construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, provided that such changes fall with.- in the scope of the appended claim.

What I claim is A device of the class described comprising a container, a stopper for the mouth of the same, a pipe passing through the stopper, a frame carried by the pipe,and having a-slotted upper part forming 2L guideway, a bulb in the frame and having its mouth encircling i the upper end of the pipe, a lever pivoted to the lower part oi the frame and engaging the guideway for collapsing the bulb, a receptacle, a pipe connected with the bottom of the same and passing through the pipe in the stopper and extending to the bottom 1 of the container.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature,

JAMES GILLIES. 

